Nick Testa

Nick Testa
Catcher
Born: June 29, 1928 (1928-06-29) (age 83) New York, New York
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 23, 1958 for the San Francisco Giants
Last MLB appearance
April 23, 1958 for the San Francisco Giants
Career statistics
Games played	1
At bats	0
hits	0
Teams
San Francisco Giants (1958) Daimai Orions (1962)

Nicholas Testa is a former professional baseball catcher and coach. He played briefly in both Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball.

Testa began his professional career in 1946 at the age of 17 with the Newburgh Hummingbirds. Testa had one of the briefest major league baseball careers ever. He played just one inning of one game for the San Francisco Giants in 1958, never coming to bat in the major leagues. In his one chance on defense, he committed an error.^[1] Later that season, Testa was named the team's bullpen coach.^[2]

Testa played for several more seasons in minor league baseball, eventually making his way to Japan in 1962. That season, he played in 57 games for the Daimai Orions, batting .136 with 5 RBI.^[3]

Testa later served as a coach for the St. Lucie Legends in the Senior Professional Baseball Association during their lone year of existence in 1989. He also coached baseball at Lehman College.

References

1. ^ "Nick Testa". Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/testani01.shtml. Retrieved 2009-10-03. 
2. ^ "Giants All-Time coaches". Major League Baseball. http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/sf/history/coaches.jsp. Retrieved 2009-10-03. 
3. ^ Japanese batting stats

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Persondata
Name	Testa, Nick
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	June 29, 1928
Place of birth	New York, New York
Date of death
Place of death